How to remove an orphaned greengrassv2 Component?

Question

I have a pretty standard Greengrass component that was installed successfully, failed silently, and now can't be uninstalled -- which in turn causes new Deployments to fail.
```
aws greengrassv2 \
  list-installed-components \
  --core-device-thing-name="${MY_DEVICE}"
```
returns
```
...
    {
      "componentName": "aws.greengrass.SecureTunneling",
      "componentVersion": "1.0.16",
      "lifecycleState": "NEW",
      "lifecycleStateDetails": "An error occurred while running the component. The run script exited with code 1.",
      "isRoot": true,
      "lastStatusChangeTimestamp": 1695069370.467,
      "lastReportedTimestamp": 1695069370.467,
      "lastInstallationSource": "",
      "lifecycleStatusCodes": []
    },
```
but the Deployment at ID `` no longer exists. It seems that the Component has been orphaned.

What is the correct way to clear orphaned components such as this?

Answer

Hi,

Deleting or canceling a deployment does not remove that deployment from any devices. To remove the component you need to make a new deployment which does not contain the component. You must make this deployment to the same _target_ as the deployment which put the component there to begin with. If you deployed secure tunneling to a thing group, then deploy to the same thing group without the secure tunneling component. If you deployed to the individual thing, then again make a deployment to the thing that does not contain the component.

Cheers,

Michael

How to remove an orphaned greengrassv2 Component?

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